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ERC and Slovenia

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Jean-Pierre BOURGUIGNON

ERC President


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� Support for the individual scientists – no networks!

� Global peer-review

� No predetermined subjects (bottom-up)

� Support of frontier research in all fields of science and

humanities

The ERC supports excellence in Frontier Research through a bottom-up,

individual-based, pan-European competition

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� Scientific governance: independent Scientific Council with 22

members including the ERC President; full authority over

the funding strategy and evaluation

� Support by the ERC Executive Agency (autonomous)

� Scientific quality as the only criterion aiming for excellence


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Governance by the Scientific Council

ERC Budget

ERC Budget

13 billion €

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ERC Grants Schemes

Starting Grants

starters

(2-7 years after PhD)

up to 1.5 M€

for 5 years

Consolidator Grants

consolidators

(7-12 years after PhD)

up to 2 M€

for 5 years

Advanced Grants track-record of

significant research

achievements in the

last 10 years

up to 2.5 M€

for 5 years

Proof-of-Conceptbridging gap between research - earliest

stage of marketable innovation

up to 150 k€ for ERC grant holders

Synergy Grants (re-launched 2018)

2 – 4 Principal Investigators

up to 10 M€ for 6 years

ERC offers independence, recognition & visibility

• to work on a research topic of own choice, with a team of own

choice;

• to gain true financial autonomy for 5 years;

• to negotiate with the host institution the best conditions of work;

• to attract top team members (EU and non-EU) and collaborators;

• to move with the grant to any place in Europe if necessary

(portability of grants);

• to attract additional funding and gain recognition; ERC is a quality

label;

Creative Freedom to Individual Grantee

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Physical Sciences & Engineering� PE1 Mathematics

� PE2 Fundamental Constituents of Matter

� PE3 Condensed Matter Physics

� PE4 Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences

� PE5 Synthetic Chemistry and Materials

� PE6 Computer Science and Informatics

� PE7 Systems and Communication Engineering

� PE8 Products and Process Engineering

� PE9 Universe Sciences

� PE10 Earth System Science

Life Sciences

� LS1 Molecular Biology, Biochemistry,

Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

� LS2 Genetics, ‘Omics’, Bioinformatics and

Systems Biology

� LS3 Cellular and Developmental Biology

� LS4 Physiology, Pathophysiology and

Endocrinology

� LS5 Neurosciences and Neural Disorders

� LS6 Immunity and Infection

� LS7 Applied Medical Technologies,

Diagnostics, Therapies and Public Health

� LS8 Ecology, Evolution and Environmental

Biology

� LS9 Applied Life Sciences, Biotechnology and

Molecular and Biosystems Engineering

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ERC Evaluation Panel Structure

Social Sciences and Humanities� SH1 Individuals, Markets and Organisations

� SH2 Institutions, Values, Environment and Space

� SH3 The Social World, Diversity, Population

� SH4 The Human Mind and Its Complexity

� SH5 Cultures and Cultural Production

� SH6 The Study of the Human Past │ 7

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Priority to Young Scientists

Two-thirds of ERC grants to

early-stage

Principal Investigators

> 50 000 PhD and post-doc

researchers working in

ERC teams

Top

European

Institutions

Hosting

ERC

Grantees

by Funding

Schemes

Country Higher-Education Institution No StG CoG AdG Total LS PE SH

UK University of Cambridge 1 111 49 88 248 86 120 42

UK University of Oxford 2 95 52 100 247 72 100 75

UK University College London 3 84 39 58 181 64 49 68

CH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) 4 71 23 80 174 45 122 7

IL Weizmann Institute 5 73 42 43 158 91 65 2

CH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) 6 68 23 58 149 38 108 3

IL Hebrew University of Jerusalem 7 72 21 43 136 56 55 25

UK Imperial College 8 60 21 29 110 32 74 4

UK University of Edinburgh 9 49 19 41 109 36 45 28

DE University of Munich (LMU) 10 55 9 40 104 40 38 26

NL University of Amsterdam 11 59 16 26 101 10 29 62

IL Tel Aviv University 12 58 17 21 96 39 49 8

DK University of Copenhagen 13 44 25 24 93 39 32 22

BE University of Leuven 14 43 15 31 89 22 44 23

NL Delft University of Technology 15 46 17 18 81 11 61 9

CH University of Zurich 15 34 18 29 81 42 16 23

NL Radboud University Nijmegen 16 39 17 23 79 25 24 30

NL Utrecht University 16 37 24 18 79 14 31 34

FI University of Helsinki 17 36 16 22 74 39 20 15

IL Technion - Israel Institute of Technology 18 47 10 16 73 23 48 2

UK University of Bristol 19 30 9 33 72 15 39 18

NL Leiden University 20 39 13 19 71 1 28 42

SE Lund University 21 30 16 18 64 30 30 4

DE Technical University of Munich 21 29 17 18 64 15 48 1

SE Karolinska Institute 22 26 12 23 61 57 1 3

Country Research Organisation No StG CoG AdG Total LS PE SH

FR National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) 1 260 125 124 509 144 302 63

DE Max Planck Society 2 116 32 96 244 122 99 23

DE Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres 3 75 32 32 139 82 56 1

FR National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) 4 54 26 31 111 103 4 4

ES Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) 5 35 20 22 77 22 45 10

FR French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission 6 44 9 19 72 10 60 2

Basis: Starting 2007-2019,

Consolidator 2013-2018, Advanced 2008-2019

Current signatories of the grant agreement

taken into account

Data as of 16/09/2019

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ERC Achievements

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After 10 Years, a Success Story

> 9,500

60,000

73%

> 5,500

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7 5 4

Key figures

Breakthroughs

Scientific impact

Open to the world ERC as a model

Prestigious prizes, e.g.

top researchers funded

researchers & other professionals hired in ERC teams

articles among 1% most cited scientific

journals

EU countries set up ERC-like

structures/funding schemes

Fields Medals

Wolf Prizes

Nobel Prizes

international initiatives for non-EU talent to join ERC teams

of completed projects led to

breakthroughs/major advances


Top funder in the World!

According to the Web of Science, among the 50 funders most

frequently acknowledged by authors between 2007 and 2016, the

ERC had:

• The highest category normalised citation impact,

• The highest percentage of papers in the world’s top 1%,

• The highest percentage of papers involving international co-

authorship.

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ERC Funded Researchers Deliver

International Prizes to ERC Grantees

Serge

HAROCHE

Nobel 2012

Konstantin

NOVOSELOV

Nobel 2010

Jean TIROLE

Nobel 2014

Bernard

FERINGA

Nobel 2016

Edvard

MOSER

Nobel 2014

May-Britt

MOSER

Nobel 2014

ERC grantees who won the Nobel Prize during or after an ERC grant:

Stanislas

SMIRNOV

Fields 2010

Artur AVILA

Fields 2014Martin HAIRER

Fields 2014

Alessio FIGALLI

Fields 2018

ERC grantees who won the Fields Medal:

Other ERC grantees won

prestigious international

Prizes such as the Wolf

Prize or Kavli Prizes.

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Nobel Prize in Physiology 2019

Awarded jointly to William G. KAELIN Jr,

Sir Peter J. RATCLIFFE and Gregg L. SEMENZA

"for their discoveries of how cells sense and

adapt to oxygen availability."

Sir Peter J. RATCLIFFECo-Principal Investigator of an ERC Advanced grant 2008 project

Title: "Project Molecular Mechanism of Oxygen Sensing by Enzymes"

Host Institution: University of Oxford

Highest Impact among Hor. 2020 Programmes

Horizon 2020 Dashboard

https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/horizon-dashboard

Highest Impact among Hor. 2020 Programmes

https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/horizon-dashboard

Horizon 2020 Dashboard

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The objective of the Proof-of-Concept

Provide funds to bring ERC-funded ideas to a pre-demonstration for:• Generation of return for innovators

(economic, reputation, prestige, influence, …) • Generation of new value for users (socio-economic

benefits)

�Maximise the value-creation of the excellent

ERC-funded research


More than 100 Spin-off Companies

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ERC and Slovenia


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ERC Grants by Country


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ERC Grants in EU13


ERC Proposals by Scientists in Slovenia

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Total ERA

Increasing number of applications by Slovenia-based PIs


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Success Rate by Country

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EU15 EU13 A.C.

Success rate (2007-2018) + StG2019


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Success Rates Calls in Horizon 2020/FP7


ERC Host Institutions in Slovenia

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Slovenia Host Institutions StG CoG AdG PoC Total

Jozef Stefan Institute 1 1 1 3

2012 1 1

2017 1 1

2019 1 1

National Institute of Chemistry 1 2 3

2017 1 1

2018 1 1

2019 1 1

University of Ljubljana 2 1 2 5

2011 1 1

2015 1 1

2016 1 1

2017 1 1

2018 1 1

Grand Total 4 1 5 1 11


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ERC Proof of Concept 2011-2019


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ERC StG 2019 Grantees in Slovenia

Dr. Matjaž HUMAR, Josef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana

PE - Physical Sciences and Engineering

Cell-lasers “Intracellular lasers: Coupling of

optical resonances with biological processes”

Dr. Nejc HODNIK,National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana

PE - Physical Sciences and Engineering

123STABLE - “Towards Nanostructured

Electrocatalysts with Superior Stability


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ERC Policy on Widening European Participation

To capitalise on the full European potential for frontier research

without departing from the ERC's principle

of excellence

� Contribute to a truly inclusive European culture

of competitiveness in science

� Strengthen participation in ERC calls by researchers from

the EU’s less research-performing regions

� Facilitate systematic debate and interactions with relevant

stakeholders to promote national and local support for

promising scientists from EU’s less research-performing regions


Ex: ERC Visiting Fellowships Scheme

• Scheme: short term research visit (1 - 6 months) in an ERC team

• Funding: by a national research-funding organization in ERA

• Eligibility: open to all researchers working in ERA, in public open

competitions through evaluation panels composed by researchers of high

repute, based on excellence and potential for an ERC grant application

• Condition: a letter of support signed by an ERC grantee and his/her Host

Institution stating that in case the applicant is selected he/she will be

hosted as a member of the research team of the PI (facilitated by the ERC

via Call for expression of interest)

Successful applicants must sign a letter of commitment to apply

for an ERC grant no later than 1-2 year(s) after the end of the visit

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Visiting Fellowship Scheme - Slovenia

Since 2016, 13 Slovenian researchers visited ERC project teams based in Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Italy and Finland, Sweden, Austria and Ireland. One of them, Dr. Nejc Hodnik, has been later awarded a Starting Grant 2019.

Preliminary results for ERC 2019 Call for expression of interest: 721 ERC PIs with Host Institutions based in 31 countries expressed interest to host researcher visitors from Slovenia.

Country 2016 2017 2018

Czech Republic 0 0 0

Hungary 1 10

Estonia 0 0 0

Poland 7 8 5

Slovenia 7 4 2

Belgium (Flanders region) 0 1 2

Slovak Republic 0 4

Croatia 4 1

Georgia

Uni POLITEHNICA Bucharest

Total 15 27 14

Number of EU research visitors by year and by country


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ERC’s Perspectives


Horizon Europe : Evolution, not Revolution

Structure of the programme

To trigger all forms of innovation et

strength market development

To reinforce Reseach and Innovation

impact in support to European

policies

Support to the creation and diffusion

to quality knowledge

To optimise the setting up of the programme’s to strengthen the ERA

To strengthen the “European Research Area”

Pillar 1Excellent Science

Pillar 3

Open Innovation

Pillar 2Global challenges and

Industrial Competitiveness

European Research Council

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Infrastructures

European Innovation Council

European innovation ecosystems

European Institute of Innovation

and Technology

• Health

• Inclusive and Secure Society

• Digital and Industry

• Climate, Energy and Mobility

• Food and natural resources

Joint Research Centre

Reform and stimulate the European Research systemShare excellence

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� Continuity

� Agility

� Scale-up

� Continuity:

� Of structure from the current legal

framework

� Of governance arrangements:

independence of Scientific Council

and operational autonomy

� Agility:

� To innovate and adapt its scientific

strategy

� To manage its resources flexibly

� To use tailor made tools and

procedures when necessary

� Scale-up:

� To turn ERC into one of Europe's

main funders

� To ensure appropriate success rates

� To support more Europe's top-

performing researchers

ERC Scientific Council on Horizon Europe


More Top Talent to Fund!

With a higher budget, ERC could fund much more excellence across Europe.

In recent years, there has been an average of >400 unfunded top projects each year.

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Horizon Europe Budget Distribution

* 3.5 G€ allocated under the InvestEU Fund.

Proposal by the European Commission

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• The Commission’s proposal for Horizon Europe must now be

approved by the European Council and the European

Parliament.

• It contains a new scheme for countries to become ”Associated”.

• Big transition: a new Parliament and a new Collège of

Commissioners.

• ERC will keep advocating for adequate support to Frontier

Research until the very end.

• Scientific communities all over the world are our allies in

obtaining that the right priority be given in the budget for

Research and Innovation.

A New European Scenario

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